Summary Of The Chapter 'Searching For The Inner Man'

Welsh uses structure to show juxtaposition of the different characters and the different position of the narratives. One way that Welsh expresses struggle for identity is through the use of gender roles. “The rest make whooping noises and dae a drum roll on the table. Ah complete the order feeling shattered and debased and deport to the kitchen.” At this point in the book the character Kelly is working as a waitress in an Edinburgh restaurant. Some male costumers treat her with disrespect and she decides to get some revenge on the unpleasant customers. This shows the reader how Kelly is treated because she is a woman. The fact that they make “whooping” noises towards her show how they are demeaning her and treating her as an act.
Irvine Welsh combines standard and non-standard dialects in his various narrative voices, the different dialects set a barrier between the reader and the character in the book which the reader has to over come to connect with the character. Welsh offers a way for the reader to connect with the character, through using the current issue of gender and the different ways in which women are sometimes portrayed. In the chapter ‘Feeling
‘Searching for the Inner Man’ is narrated by Renton. The title of the chapter itself shows the reader that there is a struggle for this male character. This is an important chapter in which Renton reflects on why he used heroin after seeing several psychiatrists, Renton's cynicism has stopped him from forming meaningful relationships with anyone, and he is unable to get any enjoyment out of anything. “conflicts will remove the anger which fuels ma self-destructive behavior, that behavior manifesting itself in ma use ay hard drugs” He looks at all of this as he feels insecure about himself as a man and feels that to cope he turns to